Swedish metallers SABATON have entered the studio to begin recording their fifth album, “Coat Of Arms”, for a spring release via Nuclear Blast Records.
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According to RollingStone.com, “Lemmy”, a documentary that follows MOTÖRHEAD’s frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister on the road and into his home, will premiere at the 2010 South By Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas this March.
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EXCITER and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM are among the confirmed bands for the Metropole Ruhr Festival 2010, set to take place April 4, 2010 at Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen, Germany.
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Italian rock act LACUNA COIL will release a special double-disc “deluxe edition” of its latest album, “Shallow Life”, for the price of a single CD, featuring alternate artwork, a disc full of rare and previously unreleased material (studio, acoustic and live tracks) and an expanded booklet.
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Swedish metallers DREAM EVIL will release their new studio album, entitled “In The Night”, via Century Media Records on the following dates: Sweden: January 20 Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy: January 22 North America, Spain: January 26 Finland, Hungary: January 27 U.K.: February 1 Benelux, France, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Rest Of Europe: January 25 “In The Night” was onc
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Revolver magazine recently spoke with KORN frontman Jonathan Davis and bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu about the band’s forthcoming ninth album, which is said to be a return to the group’s earlier sound.
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Former ANTHRAX guitarist Dan Spitz is one of 12 Broadway and rock stars featured in the new musical “The 12”, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, with music, lyrics and story concept by award-winning composer Neil Berg.
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On January 5, Rustyn Rose of Metalholic.com conducted an interview with vocalist Wyatt Anderson of Los Angeles traditional metal heroes WHITE WIZZARD.
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Metal Hangar 18 has uploaded video footage of Anneke van Giersbergen (AGUA DE ANNIQUE, ex-THE GATHERING) and Danny Cavanagh (ANATHEMA, LEAFBLADE)’s joint acoustic performance in Sofia, Bulgaria on December 29, 2009.
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Critically acclaimed rockers THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN will release their new album, “Option Paralysis”, on March 23.
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Ola Lindgren (GRAVE) has joined Swedish death/black metallers SPAZMOSITY as the band’s new lead vocalist.
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The third trailer for “Everything Remains (As It Never Was)”, the new album from the Swiss folk metal band ELUVEITIE, can be viewed below.
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